Legal on request
Legal for maternal life, health, mental health, rape, fetal defects, and/or socioeconomic factors
Legal for or illegal with exception for maternal life, health, mental health, rape, and/or fetal defects
Illegal with exception for maternal life, health, mental health and/or rape
Illegal with exception for maternal life, health, and/or mental health
Illegal with no exceptions
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The constitutions of all the countries in light blue allow a woman to receive an abortion upon her request. Most of these countries are More Economically Developed Countries (MEDCs) such as USA, Canada, Australia, Russia and members of the European Union. However, lots of liberal-minded developing countries such as Nepal, India, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and many other Central Asian countries have legalized it as well. The rest of the colors show the different levels of legality according to the various constitutions. As is shown above, Kenya falls under the category just before ‘Illegal with no exceptions’. This is the category that most of Africa is in at the moment, and legalizing it in the proposed constitution could help bring about a change in the attitude of most of Africa towards abortion.
Great blog!
ReplyDeleteI think that you are right, and abortion should be allowed in Kenya, just like all the other countries that have allowed it. We should be the example for the rest of Africa.
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